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Including tarts, cakes, pies, and more, these pear dessert recipes are a tasty reminder that apples shouldn’t get all the fall fruit glory. Ranging from low-fuss loaf cakes and galettes to ...

1. Butter a 9"x2" cake pan or cast-iron skillet. (Do not use a springform cake pan for this cake, as the caramel will leak out of the sides). Line the pan with a circle of parchment paper. Arrange the ...

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Perfectly ripe, the pear is a paradox: verging on crisp, yet soft as velvet. With every juicy bite, its delicate flavor invites comparisons to nectar and flowers and meadows, but there’s no need ...

If you were dining at the home of an aspiring Los Angeles hostess in 1930, you might have been served smoked salmon appetizers (strips of salmon rolled “around a midget sweet pickle in the form of a ...

This week, I harvested a load of pears from my garden, so what better way to use some of them up than to whip up an incredibly delicious upside-down pear cake? It came out unbelievably moist and was ...

My grandfather died in April. He was 100. The span of Philip Pines’s life is almost unfathomable, a century of service (World War II veteran, history teacher), family (father, grandfather and ...

In my opinion, pears don’t receive the praise they deserve. Apples may be all the rage this time of year, but I’m partial to pears. When perfectly ripe, they are super sweet while being balanced with ...